Committees

The Executive Committee is the main decision body for ICOE, chaired by the host organization (BECRC) with the participation of the OES chairman, the two previous organizers and international experts. The Executive Committee is in charge of delivering an attractive technical programme ensuring the continuity of ICOE identity. For this purpose, it is supported by the International Advisory Committee and a Local Organising Committee set up at the discretion of the conference organisers.

Members of the committees are as follows:

NAME

ORGANISATION

Irene Penesis

Blue Economy CRC. Chair of ICOE 2024

Christophe Gaudin

The University of Western Australia. Vice-Chair of IEA OES. Co-Chair of ICOE 2024

Ana Brito Melo

WavEC. Secretariat of IEA OES

Marcos Suárez

Basque Energy Cluster

Amy Parson

Ocean Energy Europe

Rémi Gruet

Ocean Energy Europe

Allison Johnson

U.S. Department of Energy

NAME

ORGANISATION

Matthijs Soede

European Commission. Chair of IEA OES

Mikaela Freeman

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Nick Chiarelli

Ocean Impact Organisation

Martin Knoche

Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association (AWATEA)

Jonathan Young

Ara Ake Ltd

Jia Mi

INORE Chair

Michael Byrne

EHL Australia

Rodrigo Sanz

Magallanes Renovables

Craig Stevens

National Institute of Water & Atmosphere (NIWA) Research New Zealand

Bryson Robertson

Pacific Marine Energy Center

Gonzalo Tampier

MERIC/UACH

Dernis Mediavilla

EMEC

Yago Torre-Enciso Enciso

BiMEP

Linda Miles

Scottish Development International (SDI)

Ian Hutchison

Aquatera

Michael Lochinvar Sim Abundo

OceanPixel

Susie Kropman

Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Offshore Renewable Energy Branch)

Russell Reichelt

Australian Representative, Ocean Panel, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Deborah Greaves

University of Plymouth

Martyn Hann

University of Plymouth

Winston D’Souza

Lloyd’s Register

Jas Chambers

Ocean Decade Australia

NAME

ORGANISATION

Irene Penesis

Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). Chair of ICOE 2024

Christophe Gaudin

The University of Western Australia. Vice-Chair of IEA OES. Co-Chair of ICOE 2024

Martin Knoche

Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association (AWATEA)

Wiebke Ebeling

Marine Energy Research Australia, The University of Western Australia

Simon Troman

Tasmania Government

Jenny Haward

CSIRO Energy

Richard Manasseh

Swinburne University

Remo Cossu

University of Queensland

Francois Flocard

Water Research Laboratory, University of New South Wales

Chien Ming Wang

The University of Queensland

Alexander Babanin

The University of Melbourne

Philip Marsh

Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania / Blue Economy CRC

Jana Orszaghova

The University of Western Australia / Blue Economy CRC

Tania Lado Insua

Blue Economy CRC

Vanessa Fairweather

Blue Economy CRC

Brighid Jay

Carnegie Clean Energy

Cass Hunter

CSIRO

Hayden Marcollo

AMOG Consulting

Marni Oatena

Deloitte Climate & Sustainability, Emissions Solutions

Crispian Ashby

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation: FRDC

Quian Gao

INORE Australia

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